“The move was suggested by senior members of the royal family and approved by police and security personnel over the last few days, and also met with the approval of television broadcasters keen to avoid any unfortunate sightings of guests on their phones — or even untimely ringtones disrupting the service.

A police official confirmed to Yahoo! on Wednesday that the blocking technology will be in place from early Friday morning and will remain switched on for the entirety of the ceremony.”

Let’s face it, it would be pretty lame if guests were tweeting at your own wedding. But if that’s how you like your news delivered then be sure to follow BBC Royal Wedding whose American counterparts will also be live blogging the wedding from 3am EST (presumably from outside the abbey). Both of which, media coverage wise, also have to be a first in “thousands of years of royal history”, surely?